Aerial Imagery Prescott National Forest, Arizona and Cibola National Forest Grasslands (Black Kettle, Kiowa, McClellan Creek, Rita Blanca), NM, OK, and TX

United States Forest Service requires aerial imagery services for direct digital acquisition of 25cm resolution, 4-band stereo coverage of approximately 2,204 square miles of the Prescott National Forest, AZ, and 1,733 square miles of the Cibola National Forest Grasslands (Black Kettle, Kiowa, McClellan Creek, Rita Blanca), NM, OK, and TX. Imagery acquisition must be accomplished using a digital sensor that collects four-band multi-spectral natural color (RGB) and color infrared (CIR) simultaneously. The project will have an approximate flying season of June 15 through September 30, 2015. Upon contract award, the contractor is required to create and submit the proposed flight plan for Government review prior to the notice to proceed. Contract deliverables include: uncompressed 4-band, 8-bits per band single-point georeferenced image files as well as orthorectified image tiles in GeoTIFF format, stereo block files, project geodatabase and other data files due 90 days after the end of the flying season. The solicitation will include an option for increased quantity due to unanticipated needs such as post-fire imagery, etc. The solicitation, (RFP) AG-8447-S-15-0003, and project shapefiles will be issued on or about Monday, May 11, 2015, with proposals due on or about Wednesday, June 10, 2015. This solicitation is a Total Small Business Set-Aside and will be issued under FAR Part 15. All responsible small businesses may submit a response that shall be considered. The small business size standard for NAICS Code 541922 is $7 Million. To obtain a copy of this solicitation, you may download it directly from this site, or by visiting www.apfo.usda.gov, contract services, business opportunities, on or after May 12, 2015.

SOLICITATION AND SHAPEFILES WILL BE RELEASED MONDAY, MAY 11, 2015

United States Forest Service requires aerial imagery services for direct digital acquisition of 25cm resolution, 4-band stereo coverage of approximately 2,204 square miles of the Prescott National Forest, AZ, and 1,733 square miles of the Cibola National Forest Grasslands (Black Kettle, Kiowa, McClellan Creek, Rita Blanca), NM, OK, and TX. Imagery acquisition must be accomplished using a digital sensor that collects four-band multi-spectral natural color (RGB) and color infrared (CIR) simultaneously. The project will have an approximate flying season of June 15 through September 30, 2015. Upon contract award, the contractor is required to create and submit the proposed flight plan for Government review prior to the notice to proceed. Contract deliverables include: uncompressed 4-band, 8-bits per band single-point georeferenced image files as well as orthorectified image tiles in GeoTIFF format, stereo block files, project geodatabase and other data files due 90 days after the end of the flying season. The solicitation will include an option for increased quantity due to unanticipated needs such as post-fire imagery, etc. The solicitation, (RFP) AG-8447-S-15-0003, and project shapefiles will be issued on or about Monday, May 12, 2015, with proposals due on or about Wednesday, June 10, 2015. This solicitation is a Total Small Business Set-Aside and will be issued under FAR Part 15. All responsible small businesses may submit a response that shall be considered. The small business size standard for NAICS Code 541922 is $7 Million. To obtain a copy of this solicitation, you may download it directly from this site, or by visiting www.apfo.usda.gov, contract services, business opportunities, on or after May 12, 2015.